Sonata for Trumpet and Piano, program for third movement

Noir

an unaccompanied soliloquy

frozen in imposed darkness

A traveller is always at home

only as safe as her wits

honed by disappointment

when she expected fairness

and found only extortion

Paradise lay in self-reliance 

allows her generous spirit 

to shine on and be seen

to give succor to shattered eggs 

scrambled bodies 

and all the broken little minds 

along the roadside

Her energy is proper reaped

and stored long term 

Terra Sapien-style

winterized against 

zombie secessionist libertarians

rolling coal noir bones 

Snake eyes!

Noir

an unaccompanied soliloquy

stars drench the night